Efésios 3

Det er for denne Sags Skyld, at jeg, Paulus, Kristi Jesu Fange for eder, I Hedninger,

om I da have hørt om Husholdningen med den Guds Nåde, som blev given mig til eder,

at ved Åbenbarelse blev Hemmeligheden kundgjort mig, således som jeg foran kortelig har skrevet,

hvoraf I, når I læse det, kunne skønne min Indsigt i Kristi Hemmelighed,

som i andre Slægter ikke blev kundgjort for Menneskenes Børn, således som den nu er bleven åbenbaret hans hellige Apostle og Profeter ved Ånden:

nemlig at Hedningerne ere Medarvinger og medindlemmede og meddelagtige i Forjættelsen i Kristus Jesus ved Evangeliet,

hvis Tjener jeg er bleven ifølge den Guds Nådes Gave, som blev given mig ved hans Magts Virkekraft.

Mig, den allerringeste af alle hellige, blev denne Nåde given at forkynde Hedningerne Evangeliet om Kristi uransagelige Rigdom

og at oplyse alle om, hvilken Husholdningen med den Hemmelighed er, som fra Evighed har været skjult i Gud, der skabte alle Ting,

for at Guds mangfoldige Visdom skulde nu ved Menigheden blive kundgjort for Magterne og Myndighederne i det himmelske,

efter det evige Forsæt, som han fuldbyrdede ved Kristus Jesus, vor Herre,

i hvem vi have Frimodigheden og Adgang med Tillid ved Troen på ham.

Derfor beder jeg, at I ikke tabe Modet over mine Trængsler, som jeg lider for eder, hvilket er en Ære for eder.

For denne Sags Skyld bøjer jeg mine Knæ for Faderen,

fra hvem enhver Faderlighed i Himle og på Jord har sit Navn,

at han vil give eder efter sin Herligheds Rigdom mægtigt at styrkes ved hans Ånd i det indvortes Menneske;

at Kristus må bo ved Troen i eders Hjerter,

for at I, rodfæstede og grundfæstede i Kærlighed, kunne sammen med alle de hellige formå at begribe, hvor stor Bredden og Længden og Dybden og Højden er,

og at kende Kristi Kærlighed, som overgår al Erkendelse, for at I kunne fyldes indtil hele Guds Fylde.

Men ham, som formår over alle Ting at gøre langt ud over det, som vi bede eller forstå, efter den Magt, som er virksom i os,

ham være Ære i Menigheden og i Kristus Jesus igennem alle Slægterne i Evighedernes Evighed! Amen.

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, {afore...: or, a little before}

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

And to make all {men} see what {is} the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly {places} might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

May be able to comprehend with all saints what {is} the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Unto him {be} glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.